{"podcast":{"title":"Tales of the Sea","slug":"tales-of-the-sea-6317921","podcast_index_feed_id":6317921,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/talesofthesea/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.talesofthesea.com/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/talesofthesea/20230420_010448_344524c6f2d0c00e109fd7c9b622aba8.jpg","author":"Mark Winkworth","episode_count":26,"summary":"This podcast is my chance to talk with some of most passionate and knowledgable ocean advocates at work today including; authors, scientists, marine biologists, ocean farmers, and a host of other extraordinary individuals who care deeply about the health and future of the seas around us. In addition, the podcast is also my chance to share some of my favorite stories, poetry, plays, music, and true-life adventures inspired by the sea. This is a podcast for all those who care about the sea... its past, its present and its promise.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T00:17:10.856274+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tales-of-the-sea-6317921"},"episode":{"title":"Victory at Sea","slug":"victory-at-sea","published_at":"2024-09-01T17:37:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tales-of-the-sea-6317921/victory-at-sea","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tales-of-the-sea-6317921","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/talesofthesea/1637661","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/204210/1637661/talesofthesea/2024_09_01_17_37_16_3522f65f-7146-4521-99ba-6160a19b64f4.mp3","summary":"A short time ago one of my sisters was looking through a box of correspondence – letters from my father to his sister in the days following World War II. That’s a lifetime ago – 83 years – the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor having pulled America into the war. John Winkworth, my father, had enlisted in the Navy and reported for training in the winter of 1943. My dad was 24 when he enlisted – and he along with other young soldiers volunteered to face the growing escalation of the enemy offensive in Europe. After basic training, he was assigned as a Lieutenant Junior Grade aboard the Guadalcanal, a Casablanca Class Escort Carrier. Following the war, my dad was asked to give a talk, to tell the story of the carrier’s anti-submarine work in the Atlantic Ocean – including details of the remarkable capture of the German enemy submarine U-505.","meta_description":"A short time ago one of my sisters was looking through a box of correspondence – letters from my father to his sister in the days following World War II.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1544,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tales-of-the-sea-6317921/episodes/victory-at-sea/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tales-of-the-sea-6317921/victory-at-sea.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}